If it’s the opening of college football, it must be late August or early September. For the Marauders, they were looking to exorcise some Demons after coming off a 1-11 season and saying goodbye to Josh Kotelnicki. It was time to enter in a new regime, but in the end it was the same old Marauders. They ran into a noteworthy opponent who had won championships before. However, the Marauders had the lead at halftime, but by only a touchdown. One of the things that stood out to jeremiahboyce.com was the play of Jordan Velarde. He was able to engineer a first quarter drive that, at the time, put the Marauders on top. The Marauders were baptized by fire last night. The Huskies had more bite to their bark, proving that they were the hungrier team. Before the Marauders could respond, the Huskies took too big of a bite for the Marauders to recover from. However, this is not a reflection on Craig Bagnell. The Marauders have 11 seniors on their football roster, who were juniors under the previous coaching staff. Bagnell is trying to bring a new energy to Marauder Football, but you have to play all 4 quarters. Just because you have a half-time lead doesn’t guarantee that you will be 1-0, as the Marauders found out Thursday night in St. Cloud. If another team is hungrier, you’ve got to work harder and put your nose to the grindstone. The next game is the Marauders’ home opener on Saturday, September 8th at Coca Cola Stadium on the campus of BSC. It will be the fans first look at the new coaching staff.
